Article ID: CBB001252554

Robert Hare (1781--1858): An Early American Scientist and Inventor on the 225th Anniversary of His Birth (2006)

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On the occasion of the 225th anniversary of the birth of Robert Hare (1781--1858), one of the United States' early great scientists, this article recounts his life and achievements with an emphasis on his inventions such as the oxy-hydrogen blowtorch.

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Authors & Contributors
Kauffman, George B.
Wilson, Jennifer
Weightman, Gavin
Tropp, E. A.
Travis, Anthony S.
Saltzman, Martin D.
Journals
The Chemical Educator
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Smithsonian Journal of History
Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie
Publishers
University of Virginia Press
Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Filosofia, Centro Internazionale per la Storia delle Università e della Scienza
Reaktion Books
Grove Press
Boydell Press
Concepts
Chemistry
Memorials; commemorations
Inventors and invention
Biographies
Technology
Nobel Prizes
People
Hare, Robert
Woodward, Robert Burns
Wöhler, Friedrich
Ramsay, William
Midgley, Thomas
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilevich
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Modern
17th century
Places
United States
Germany
Great Britain
England
New England (U.S.)
Scotland
Institutions
University of Pennsylvania
American Chemical Society
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